Keck Observatory, Gemini Observatory &
Subaru Telescope
This is an open call to the world astronomical
communities to observe the Deep Impact event on Comet Tempel
1 in July 2005, using the most powerful telescopes and instruments
currently available.
In support of the Deep Impact mission to
intercept Comet Tempel 1, windows of Director’s Discretionary
time have been reserved on the Keck I & II, the Gemini
North & South and the Subaru Telescopes. These windows
(corresponding to times before, during and after the impact)
are:
For Keck, I & II, the
night of July 3rd;
For Subaru, the night of July 3rd;
For Gemini North, the nights of July 2nd,
3rd, and 4th
For Gemini South, the nights of July 3rd,
4th and 5th
[The encounter time is currently scheduled
for 06:10 4 July 2005 UT, which is 20:10 July 3rd in Hawaii.
These times could move slightly later. This timing means that
the comet will have set as seen from Chile, and the impact
itself will not be observable there. ]
Keck has reserved only the night of impact
itself for the high resolution spectrograph, HIRES on Keck
I, and the near infra-red spectrograph, NIRSPEC on Keck II.
All capabilities currently available on Gemini (except GNIRS
and GMOS-South) and Subaru are offered. Selection of the instruments
will be based on the proposal’s scientific merit and
coordination between the observatories.
The three observatories are inviting joint
or individual proposals to all three facilities.
Proposers should be aware that the observatory Directors will
coordinate the efforts to provide the most complete coverage
of the event and to exploit their respective observational
strengths. Data from all observatories will be made public
immediately after completion of quality assessment.
All proposals can be submitted directly to
all (but at least one) of the observatory sites:
For the Keck programs, send your proposal(s)
to Randy Campbell at rcampbell@keck.hawaii.edu
For the Gemini programs, send your proposal(s)
to Phil Puxley at ppuxley@gemini.edu
for Gemini South proposals, and to Jean-Rene Roy at jrroy@gemini.edu
for Gemini North proposals.
For Subaru programs, send your proposal(s)
to Masa Hayashi at masa@subaru.naoj.org
Deadlines for proposals are April 30th, 2005.
The observatory directors will then meet to choose the programs.
Selected PIs will then be contacted to prepare the appropriate
phase II material.
Observatory, telescope and instrument information
can be found at the three observatory web sites:
Keck Observatory is at http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu
Gemini Observatory is at http://www.gemini.edu
Subaru Telescope is at http://www.SubaruTelescope.org
Proposal
Submission to Subaru Telescope
Send following information to <masa@subaru.naoj.org>
via e-mail with the key word "DEEP IMPACT"
in the Subject line. The information should be in
either English or Japanese.
1. Program Title:
2. Name (Principal Investigator):
3. Institute:
4. Phone:
5. Instrument:
6. Science Justification: (Please give observing
method and technical details in addition to the
detailed scientific merit of your program. Also
be sure that the comet 9P/Tempel 1 is observable
from Mauna Kea between 7 pm to 11:30 pm on July
3.)
Please feel free to ask <masa@subaru.naoj.org>
if you have any questions. |
